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San Antonio 86, Portland 99 // 40-8 // 1st in the West Playing–and beating–the Spurs has cache again. As the Blazers seized control late in the game last night, the energy in the building was electric. When the lead grew to double digits and we went to time out, the crowd stood through the entire time out. The Blazers have great fans regardless, but there was definitely something different about…

San Antonio 113, Golden State 102 // 38-7 // 1st in the West The Spurs easily won the battle tonight, but almost suffered a huge setback in the war. Playing the Warriors is usually an exercise in enjoyable offensive basketball, but can usually tell us little about the team in a broader context. The Spurs dispatched Golden State by making lots of wide open jump shots and leading a Macy’s Thanksgiving…

New York 92, San Antonio 101 // 37-6 // 1st in the West DeJuan Blair is starting to become the player we all thought he would be after his fantastic rookie campaign. This is a scary prospect. Think about this: the team with the best record in the league had a starting center who produced very little (7.5 ppg and 6.6 rpg so far this season) and played very little…

San Antonio 90, Indiana 87 // 30-6 // 1st in the West After the last two performances by the Spurs, one would imagine that defense would be a top priority for the team coming into this game. By most accounts, the defense was much better. By Pop’s favorite metric, we held them to 37.5% shooting, always a great sign. In the fourth quarter alone, the Pacers shot only 1 of…

After last night’s emotional recap, I thought I’d share a few more analytical thoughts about the exciting game: –I liked Graydon Gordian’s analysis over at 48MoH regarding the poor execution in the last two minutes of the game from the two best executing teams in the league. Tas and Melas over at The Basketball Jones rightly point out that both teams choked in the last two minutes, as the Spurs…

San Antonio 103, Boston 105 // 29-6 // 1st in the West Basketball is a game of inches and moments. Inches: one or two here and there can be the difference between a miss and a make, a steal and a foul, a charge and a block, a rebound and a loose ball, a contested shot or a blown rotation. In the aggregate, those inches can spell the difference between…

Oklahoma City 74, San Antonio 101 // 29-4 // 1st in the West Fancy new offenses are nice, and fun to watch, but deep down, Pop wants games to be won or lost on defense, with scores in the 70s and 80s. He can forgive mistakes and misses on offense, but one missed rotation on defense will draw a quick timeout and a tongue-lashing before you can even make it…

San Antonio 99, Dallas 93 // 28-4 // 1st in the West During the TNT broadcast of the game, analyst Mike Fratello talked about a conversation he had had with Pop before the game, and how Pop had described this type of game as a “lose-lose” game for the Spurs: beat a shorthanded team and all you’ve done is exactly what you should have done; lose to a shorthanded team,…

Los Angeles Lakers 82, San Antonio 97 // 27-4 // Too much for my brain to process into one coherent narrative, so let’s go bulletin-style. ACLs are for suckers: For all the talent and physical size that he has, Blair still lacks height, which, as the saying goes, can not be taught. While his nose-for-the-ball attitude and boundless hustle pays dividends…

Memphis 106, San Antonio 112 // 23-3 // Tony Parker gets overlooked a lot in the Spurs world. Tim Duncan is the rock upon which we’ve built four championships, and the most important player in franchise history. Manu Ginobili is our savior sent from another dimension to excite us and help us win games, and probably our most popular player ever. And Coach Popovich is widely heralded a basketball genius, sets the tone for the entire organization, and might secretly be the funniest and kindest man working in the NBA.